The BBC and other broadcasters are planning to cut their investment in the YouView set-top box, leaving BT and TalkTalk as the major shareholders. This is a blow to a platform which was originally created to safeguard the future of FTA television in the UK. YouView has become the fastest growing TV service in the […]
Netflix has confirmed it is seeking to offer $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2024 to institutional investors – funds it expects to use for acquiring original content and expanding into Europe. The online streaming giant had disclosed plans to raise the additional debt when it reported fourth-quarter 2013 earnings last month. […]
Survey results from blinkbox reveal how Brits are adapting their daily lives to squeeze in some essential TV box set time. Almost two thirds (61 per cent) of Brits feel compelled to watch more than one episode of a new favourite show at a time. And the urge to watch just one more episode could be […]
YOU On Demand, the multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has revealed that C Media, a mobile video service provider in China, and certain additional investors, have investe $19 million in the Company in exchange for shares of the Company’s Series E Convertible Preferred Stock. C Media’s purchase of Series E Shares represents the […]
Channel 4 has announced its database of registered viewers has now reached over 10 million registered viewers, which includes one in two of all 16-24 year olds in the UK. This key milestone in Channel 4’s viewer engagement strategy has enabled Channel 4 to introduce new targeted advertising to VoD, which have helped drive growth […]
YOU On Demand, the multi-platform entertainment and VoD company in China, has announced the expansion of its deal to offer feature films from Disney via YOU On Demand’s mobile service. YOU On Demand will now make available Disney’s library titles including Alice in Wonderland and Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as popular Marvel library […]
S4C, the Welsh-language public-service television channel, is now available via YouView, allowing customers across the UK to watch S4C programmes on demand for up to 35 days following the original broadcast. YouView customers in Wales can already watch S4C programmes through the live service, but from now customers all over the UK will have access […]
Pokemon and Hulu have struck a deal to bring animated titles based on the popular video game franchise to the free Hulu service and the subscription Hulu Plus. All visitors to Hulu.com in the US can now watch the Pokemon Origins animated special, which tells the story in the first videogames, as well as five […]
blinkbox, the movie and TV streaming service from Tesco, is building on the success of last year’s Try TV on Us offer by signing a major multi-studio content deal for its return. The service, which offers the latest release movies and TV without the need for a subscription, has reached agreement with several major studios […]
CBS and Amazon have signed an expansion and extension of their content licensing agreement to continue to bring classic series and hit TV shows from CBS Television Distribution and Showtime Networks to Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service. As a result of the extension, a vast catalogue of CBS content will be made available for Prime […]